Sciortino revisited

[Ted Simmons]

This sounds an awfully lot like the Sciortino Insta-coiler shown at the
bottom of page 20 of the Schaff Tool Catalog.  I have one and it's great.
Wouldn't be without it.

Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL

>> I didn't see mention of a tool that I use for making perfect coils on pins in
>> the piano.  It is made by Kai Okada of Chicago.  He has a host of interesting
>> tools for visually impaired technicians.  This tool has a cylinder that fits
>> over the pin.  A slot in the cylinder catches the wire where it goes into the
>> pin. And it is held still while another cylinder with a tuning pin on the top
>> is turned by your tuning hammer or a T-hammer.  It winds the wire into a
>> perfect coil with a sharp becket.